Yes, it wasn’t exactly bullying but I remember a lot of peer pressure to have Nike shoes when I was about 12. All my friends had them but I had to settle for genuine imitation Nikes. I joked about it but I do remember feeling left out. Seems silly now of course.
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And we were bullied for not having branded sneakers. Corporations have been doing their job very well for the past 80 years.
Yes, it wasn’t exactly bullying but I remember a lot of peer pressure to have Nike shoes when I was about 12. All my friends had them but I had to settle for genuine imitation Nikes. I joked about it but I do remember feeling left out. Seems silly now of course.
Ugh, and my feet were always too wide for those narrow ass popular brands
Totally makes me think of High School when people were wearing Johnny Blaze and I was wearing Exco lol